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Summary: super film
Review: I love this film from start to finish. from the explosion that brings the three villains to Earth who have got Superman's powers to the scene in the Fortress of Solitude.Brilliant.
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Summary: Hysterical! Cheesy Kitch!
Review: I love this movie for its pure cheesiness. Everything from Christopher Reeve walking to the North Pole in his Members Only jacket, to the yellow magic-markered flames that issue forth from the soldiers' flamethrower, to the retarded child playing on the railing at Niagra Falls to the breakdancing guy in roller skates blown down the street by the supervillans. Absolutely hysterical.... but the best aspect of this film is Terence Stamp with his wonderfully over-the-top performance of General Zod. "Come, son of Jor-El! Kneel before Zod!" "Why do you say these things when you know that I will kill you for it?" Brilliant!
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Summary: Solid Hollywood Sequel; Where's the Director's Cut?
Review: Very simply, this is an excellent, fun sequel which is superior to many of the recent sequels churned out by Hollywood. One hopes a 'Matrix' sequel will continue and change the exciting aspects of the original as this Superman film did for that series. Yes, there are a few dumb plot turns (mainly Superman getting his powers back, after his mother emphatically said it was not possible), but the terrific action makes up for it. It has been criticized for being too violent, but let's be real - the phantom zone villains are hateful and when you really think about it they killed only a few people in the film. In reality (if this ever could happen) they would have killed thousands to show off their power. The villains do make this film, although Hackman and O'Halloran have too much lightness to their characters. Stamp is very good and has some great lines, but Sarah Douglas really steals the film as the beautiful male-hating Ursa. Her slow, but careful movements and magnificent facial expressions reveal a very womanly demeanor along with the feminine touches in her wardrobe. And the black high-heel boots put her over the top in giving her total domination over every man she encounters. She simply stands in place and kicks and strikes men without much effort, or even bending in almost every instance. The tone is set in her first scene, when she sends the dying astronaut into space by kicking him in the genitals (How about that symbolism for a male-hating villainess). She was vicious, but got the blood flowing in many young males (including this one). Let's hope that this and the first film will be released on DVD with the added footage of the old television version that was released in the mid-1980s so they can be re-evaluated and enjoyed in a fresh and new way.
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Summary: Better than the rest
Review: This movie, pure and simple, is the best of the series. The special effects during the fight sequence were top-notch for that time, and the acting of all was superb. The storyline was compelling, and played well off Superman I, since the first movie opened with the trial of the three villians. I think people who looked to this movie to stick strictly with the comic book need to remember that the movie was not necessarily intended to be a reproduction of the comic. The movie is a different medium than the comic, and should be given a little latitude to demonstrate its own originality. I enjoyed this movie in the theater, and have watched it several times on TV since. Truly a classic.
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Summary: Add a half-star.
Review: It is very rare to find a sequel that is as good as the original, especially if the original was close to perfect, but if a movie comes close it can still be better than most of the other movies out there. Superman II is not quite as good as the first, and watching it as a grown-up, several plot holes occasionally scream out at me that weren't in the first movie. The Supervillains can immediately speak English, after Superman loses his powers he can still go back and forth to his Fortress of Solitude (in a very remote location) without too much effort. The special effects aren't quite as good as the original, and are a little bit dated by today's standards. In spite of these plot holes and other leaps of logic, not to mention several superfluous moments of campy humor, the movie manages to propel the audience along with enough crowd-pleasing adventure and excitement to be more than worthwhile. But, as I said in my review of Superman, where's the widescreen edition?
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Summary: A TRULY WORTHY SEQUEL
Review: Though not quite as good as the first film in the series, it is a close second. The final battle between Superman and the Phantom Zone villians is one of the best battle scenes ever filmed. If only Richard Donner would have completed the film, it would have surpassed the original. As it is, it comes pretty darn close.
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Summary: TV/Director's Cut Of Superior Superman Sequel Necessary
Review: Superman II was first released in December 1980 in Europe, hence the film's 1980 copyright date even though it did not arrive in US theaters until late spring 1981. The wait between Superman The Movie and Superman II was well worth it, for the second installment of Alexander and Ilya Salkind's epic remains an engrossing film. Richard Donner did the majority of actual directing of the second film, intended to be part of a four-plus hour "miniseries." The first film was then focused on with half the second already done. After the success of the first film work resumed on the second, but the Salkinds brought in former Beatles movie director Richard Lester as a go-between with Donner, and eventually Donner was unceremoniously axed - which angered Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, and Gene Hackman. The change hurts the film; not only is there a bit too much in the way of attempted humor, the action sequences miss a sizable portion of the verisimilitude that Donner had so embued in the first film. Lester filmed several sequences in 1979 that replaced legitimate, and completed, Donner sequences so as to deny Doner director's credit. Further hurting the film is the lack of John Williams. I have never understood why Williams did not score any of the sequels to Superman The Movie, for his music would have given them a much needed boost of sweep and majesty. Despite these shortcomings, the film succeeds by most standards. The plot has two aspects. One is Superman's desire to live a life with a mortal - Lois Lane - after she discovers his identity. Their courtship is tenderly presented as Superman explains his origins within the Fortress Of Solitude. In one excellent scene, Superman uses his heat vision to cook a soufle - one of some 30-plus minutes of mostly-Donner footage deleted from the film's theatrical version but restored for its 1984 ABC television broadcast. The extra footage adds enormously to the plot and characters and is thus sorely missed in most video versions. Superman consults the spirit of his mother, Lara (Susannah York), who explains that, to live with a mortal, he must live as a mortal (though the reason for this is never touched on, it presumably involves the incompatability of his and Lois' molecular density, which would gravely affect the inevitable bearing of children). Thus he must relinquish his powers within a molecule chamber that contains the energy of Krypton's red sun. The scene is flabbergastingly effective as the audience sees Superman purged of his molecular density and changed into a "normal" human being - and his and Lois' love is (off camera) consummated - it has long been rumored that a love scene was filmed but came out as too passionate to prevent an R-rating. But Earth is now under attack, from three Kryptonian criminals - General Zod (Terence Stamp, recently of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), Ursa (Sarah Douglas with terrific venom), and the mute Non (Jack O'Halloran). Freed from the Phantom Zone (the film's prologue quickly recaps their capture and imprisonment within) by a spatial nuclear explosion, the three seditionists use their powers to conquer Earth. When the now-powerless Superman belatedly learns of their attack, he must trudge through snow (the sheer emotional power of the scene of him thumbing for a ride and slogging through the Arctic really can't be quantified) to return to the Fortress. But he cannot regain his powers - can't he? The flm's final third sees one compelling twist after another. Though the inevitable climactic battle should have had far tighter editing and more matte photography SFX, it nonetheless remains impressive, as does the cat and mouse between the principals. Many said they liked this film better than the first, and it's easy to see why. I just hope that the longer, Donner-controlled director's cut of the first two Superman films become available on video
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Summary: Better than the last two Superman films
Review: To Me The second one had A Very Kool Plot twistin it That the Other Ones didnt . Superman becomes mortal.
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Summary: Oh, Superman...
Review: The opening credits alone make you want to run down an alley and reveal the S on your chest. I mean, when Superman zooms to the Daily Planet just in time and asks General Zod to "step outside," you know super-action is on the way! Easily the best one in the series.
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Summary: IF YOU ENJOY SUPERMAN II,TRY WATCHING THE EXTENDED VERSION
Review: I really enjoy this movie especially the ABC extended version.For example,the destuction of the Fotress and the extra laughable scenes by Lex Luthor.So whoever didn t see this version,I suggest them to see it.
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